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Fishing Report – 3.06.2011

June 3rd, 2011 by Helen

Pic isDarrel Spicer’s mate from Perth with a cracker blue swimmer…(sorry, don’t know his name!)

Darrel Spicer had some mates from Perth visit recently and they all decided to get some crabs in the gulf.  To their utmost surprise they got some cracking blue swimmers including the one pictured this week that was an
impressive 185cm! Oops, I think they meant millimetres? Still a VERY impressive crab! The boys from Perth couldn’t believe the size of the crabs in the Bay of Rest and the amount of them. The season for crabs has certainly been a great one and perhaps it is from all the rains we had early in the year.
There have been some keen GT anglers up from Albany this week in search of big fish.  The boys are armed with large poppers, barbless hooks and heavy braid.  They plan to catch and release a few, while also getting out to
target some other fish in very deep water.  They believe there would be blue eye trevalla here and are planning to go out in 500m+ depths to try for them using standard manual reels….ouch! I will let you know next week if they are successful.
A few lads from Bluewater Scarborough are here this week and have been blessed with glass conditions and good fishing. Interestingly, on one day they pulled in to Bundegi and were surveyed by some Fisheries researchers.
They had other boats and anglers reporting very little, while the Scarborough boys had filled a sheet with various species.  They boys had caught and released everything from tiny Charlie court cod to shark mackerel, queenfish, gold spot trevally, giant trevally, golden trevally, long tail tuna to 20kg, sharks, long toms and Spanish mackerel.  They had also tried some local squid for a few reef species and caught bluebone, spangled emperor, rankin cod, coral trout and a Spanish flag.  It was a mixed bag for the day and while they released plenty, they also had some fresh fish for dinner that night.
The Exmouth Classic reef fishing competition is on June 17-19, so make sure you get your entries in early to avoid disappointment.  Last year there were some great catches and this year Fisheries will be here again to do research on fish brought in for the competition.  Entry forms can be filled out at the clubhouse or the local tackle stores.

Darrel Spicer's MATE with a blue swimmer

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Fishing Report Easter 2011

April 26th, 2011 by Helen

Nice big Ruby Jobbie

What a busy town Exmouth has been over the Easter break.  There was not one room in any accommodation place available, nor were there even empty camp sites! As you can imagine the boat ramps and beaches were flat out too as the weather was ‘picture-perfect.’

At town beach before sunrise there have been schools of baitfish getting harassed by predatory species such as trevally and small queenfish.  It is spectacular to watch and so is the sunrise! This coming week is good tides to be there and target the whiting, so make sure you have some prawn bait ready along with some small long shank hooks and a bit of berley for the whiting at dawn.

The fishing was a little slow over the Easter break.  The full moon, biggest tides of the year and super-moon phase may have had something to do with it all. However, there were still reports late in the long weekend of mackerel, ranking, reds, and billfish by different anglers.

One tasty delight this week has been the run of yellow fin tuna off the cape.  There have been several reports of large yellow fin in schools off the Muiron Island’s and the tip of the cape.  The weed has been rather thick of late and trolling lures has been challenging, however, there has been some fish amongst it all.

Suze Gerovich and Taygen Dray were residents of Exmouth, working here at Bluewater Tackle for the last year.  They, like so many others, stopped in Exmouth on a trip around Australia and ‘got stuck’. They have finally moved on with their travels, but will be back in around twelve months to settle in Exmouth.  Before their departure they had a few days off around the west side chasing fish in the shallows, ruby’s out wide and billfish.  The ruby fishing was sensational and pictured this week is Taygen with his first catch of ruby in deep water.

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Fishing Report – 17.12.2010

December 17th, 2010 by Helen

The rain is a welcome relief to all the gardens of Exmouth, but not a good one for the anglers and boaters this week on holidays. However, we do tend to get a burst in fish feeding activity after a low or cyclone passes, so it
will be interesting to see the results after this passes.  Also, I believe the rain is fantastic for the creeks, ecosystem and fish in general, so it was great to get a little before the Christmas visitors.

The Freediving Fiesta was a great success with ten teams competing for the various sections of the event.  The weather was supberb for December with light winds, clear waters and warm temperatures…in fact, I don’t think you could have asked for a better weekend!  The teams were all amped and ready to go with boats on the water early steaming out to secret spots. There were a few amazing achievements including a pending state record for a 9.1kg red emperor speared by Rhys Clatworthy.  Rhys took out the red emperor section with this on Team Reel Obsession.  Heaviest mackerel/wahoo went to Team Pussy Galore with a 22.2kg mack.  Heaviest Bluey went to Team Relentless. Heaviest Green Jobfish went to Team Swamp Donkey with a 7.9kg fish.  The heaviest Rock Lobster caught was an amazing 4.2kg ornate to Team Awesum, while heaviest spangled emperor went to Team Fillet and Release with a 5.6 honker!  Team Pussy Galore also took out the Heaviest other Lutjanus with a 12.9kg red bass.  Champion Spearo Pair went to Pussy Galore and they are
pictured this week.  The event was designed to highlight the positives of Spearfishing including how selective it can be, the fitness required, working in pairs for safety, using dive flags and it was also designed to show everyone where you can and can’t spear.  The teams and crew that attended were very enthusiastic about the event and making it bigger and better next year.  Thanks go to Oceanic, Bluewater Tackle World and Starmart
for their contributions, plus the volunteers for their help.

The squid have been firing at the moment and also pictured this week is some that were caught south of the marina on high tide. Visiting anglers Aiden and Callum Lerch are here for a four week fishing holiday from Wollongong. The boys started their trip with some reef fishing action in the gulf on some of the shoals.  The short session did not disappoint as the caught estuary cod, coral trout, trevally, mackerel and all sorts.  The boys
released everything carefully and were happy to try for squid for dinner instead.  The squidding efforts did not disappoint with 14 squid caught for the afternoon and some eaten for dinner that night.  The boys are keen to catch a billfish this trip and we hope to bring you a shot of that soon!

The Boys Squidding

Red FF

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Fishing Report – 13.11.2010

November 16th, 2010 by Helen

The weather is certainly warming up now as we head toward Christmas.  Hot summer days can be a good excuse to get out and on, or in, the water. Summer can also bring some strong winds, so if you’ve got a day off and the
weather is good, then make sure you make the most of it and get out.  That’s certainly what junior angler Jonah Freestone-Rowe did last week when the afternoon glass off in gulf allowed he and some parents and friends to get
out in to the Exmouth Gulf to chase the sailfish working on the bait balls. Jonah managed to switch a sailfish off a bait ball onto a skipping garfish and landed his first sail a short time later. Well done to yet another junior angler.

The interesting news this week on billfish is that a 25kg black marlin that was tagged during Gamex by angler Ben Miles aboard Azura on March 24th was recaptured off Sri Lanka on Sept 8th.  The marlin had travelled over 2529nm (in a straight line) in just 168days.  The fish weighed 40kg when captured (sadly by a long-liner!) and most interestingly, the fish was only 100nm miles from the black marlin that made the same trek in 2008.  That year, Geoff Moyle caught a 40kg black that was then captured off India at about the same time.  So, I guess that is good to show a pattern, but sad to know they are going up there to be slaughtered by the long-liners.

Mangrove jacks have been on the chew in the marina and down in the creeks in the gulf.  A few lucky anglers have also landed some barramundi on the other side of the gulf.  We know that a few barra do get this far south and have done for years, but it would be good to get more data on their patterns. Some people in the past had speared these species because they are so clearly visible in the clear water here and there are no crocs! However, it
is now illegal to spear barramundi, so a rod a reel is an option. Barramundi don’t really taste that good to eat, but they do make a great sports fish that jump and have a glistening shine in photos.

There has been lots of small to medium sized queenies around Bundegi. A fly-fishing angler was there at dawn (yes, 5am!) this week and landed about 8 of them north of Bundegi jetty. It is this time of year that they come in
thick at the Bundegi flats. These fish are another great sports fish, but not so flash for eating. Please remember good catch and release techniques such as using barbless hooks, releasing in water or handling with wet gloves
when targeting any sportsfish, so that the next person can enjoy it as much as you!

Jonah Freestone- Rowe

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Fishing Report 20.08.09

August 20th, 2009 by Helen

Sorry for the lack of fishing reports lately, but the flu got me a beauty
and after about two weeks feeling dreadful, I finally decided to get some
fishing therapy, get out on the water and leave my sickness behind.  It
worked!  I’m now much better and ready to fill you in on what the staff have
had reported in the last week.
Lindsay Toop from Perth has been having some fun up here on his month-long
holiday. He’s been catching north-west snapper and bream from the marina
using pilchard and squid baits with no sinker. 

Travellers Judy and Brad Cole came in to town for a few days with their caravan in tow.  They were
hoping to stay and try for a fresh feed of fish in Exmouth.  They were
surprised to find that all the parks were full and even the overflow was
quite full.  They did manage to stay for a couple of days and got out to
catch their first fish on their trip from Adelaide to Darwin, then Broome
and here.  They were very pleased with a fresh feed of whiting off the beach
and bream that they caught using small segments of prawn and light gear.

There are Mack Tuna to 6kg in the gulf at present according to angler Brad
Bell.  Brad’s been getting amongst the fishing spots while the weather has
been so sensational over the last few weeks.  He also managed to get out to
the 100m mark and get into some red emperor, cod and long-finned snapper.
All of these fish were great eating and the day on the water was well
enjoyed by all onboard.

Mudcrabs have been prevalent in the gulf, along with the blue swimmer crabs.
Please remember to have the correct license for any netting in our area, as
fisheries have informed me that some people have been unaware of the rules
and regulations.

Spanish Mackerel time

Spanish Mackerel time

The Spanish mackerel have been coming in thick on the Tantabiddi side of the
cape while the wahoo have also been out in this area.  From the shoreline
the bluebone have started to come in numbers along the access roads and a
good pair of polarised sunglasses will help you see the blue beauties in the
shallows.

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